St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-10-18
The OLD BONE.
Prohibition and High License Discussed
by the n. E. Conference.
NO DECISION BETWEEN THEM.
Brother Satterlee Makes an Assault on
,b5ia high License and Rev. Sam
al al Smith Defends It.

fC 1t was supposed that yesterday after
neon would have seen the concluding
exercises of the Methodist Episcopal
conference, at present holding it's ses-
sl0lls in the Hennepin Avenue M. r.
church, but those who so judged did
n9t;knOw that the chief subject in the
AFTERNOON to be discussed was virtually
prohibition, and accordingly reckoned
Without their host. The discussion duly
cafife on, and at times promised
t0b9be heated and full of gore,
when it was considered that the
speakers were all of them Christian
ministers, or, as they rather pointedly
Galled themselves, 'men OF God"
There was splendid attendance yester-
DAY afternoon, and the handsome church
presented an animated appearance as
the sunshine streamed in through the
beautiful stained glass windows and re-
1ected in many cOlors over the assem-
Dled multitude. To-day will see the end
OF the conference, therefore it is not out
or place here to give a slight resume of
what its principal work has been, the
composition OF the gathering, and so
ON. Ii began its duties last
Wednesday,, presided over by Bishop
fOss, and was composed of 215 ministers
and 200 lay delegates from all over the
state of Minnesota. The first business
transacted was reading the reports of
presiding elders and passing ON the
characters of various ministers. Dur
ing the consideration of this matter the
case of Rev. R. D. Seymour, of elope-
ment fame, came up for consideration,
with the result that he was summarily
expelled from the conference.
Thursday the examination of min
listers was the programme, and on
Saturday the reports of committees
were read. On Sunday morning dea-
cons were ordained and in the afternoon
the same solemn rite was performed
with the elders.
Yesterday memorial services were
held as follows in the afternoon: DR..
Z. A. Van Anda presented that of DR..
John Quigley; George r. Hair that of
Norris Hobart; William Mckinley that
OF Mrs. B; F. Kephart; j. 7. Allen that
That of s. sta HMes; Robert Der F ForSes
that of Mrs. G. H. Way.
AT the conclusion of these addresses the
report OF the committee on temperance
was read and a discussion ensued. The
whole matter in nutshell is as follows:
The committee divided on the subject;
the majority submitted a report en-
bodied in five resolutions; the minority
prepared substitute report and the
end OF the matter was the conference re-
turned both reports to the committee
and the sense of the conference will be
finally given this morning on the subject
The following ministers spoke few
words on the matter: Rev. w. W. Sat
terlee, DR.. William Mckinley, DR.. Mar
shall, Rev. Noah Lathrop, DR.. Chaffee:
DR.. S. q. Smith, of st. Paul; Rev. David
Morgan. W. W. Satterlee did not want
any mistakes made as to what this con-
ference meant on the subject of drink
and saloons. 1t did not want low license
or high license. Nothing but prohibit
{ ton would satisfy him, and, he believed,
the brothers and sisters around him.
Dr. Mckinley wanted more prayer and
less politics in the conference; more
worshiping of God and less of the bust
ness OF men. Temperance was grand
! thing and he stood up for it, but not in
thetreligiOus conference of the church.
Ii they wanted another political party
let them go outside to attend to it. Pol
Methodist Episcopal conference.
! Dr.. s.. G. Smith, of st. Paul,
said he .. believed they were not
! givingjhigh license fair show. Prohi-
bition could not be worked out at once:
high license would educate the people
gradually to prohibition. High license
even now was doing purifying work
in this state. In Winona, under the old
system, there were ninety-two saloons;
now there are only twenty-three. This
is but sample of other places. When
the time was ripe they would find him
ready in the front rank, but he would
DiobA
early in the afternoon and Bishop Foss
came IN later on